Sports and the Law Report

Cheerleader's Assault Claims Can Go Forward

In the case of Prince v. Cablevision, et al, the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York denied a motion to dismiss by the parent company of the New York Rangers seeking to dispens with a former Ranger cheerleader's assault claims against the team's public relations deputy director based on his alleged sexual overtures.

Separating Girls Soccer Seasons Implicates Title IX

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in the case of McCormick v. The School District of Mamaroneck and the School District of Pelham that spring scheduling of their soccer season violated Title IX's prohibition on unequal treatment where the girls were denied the opportunity to compete for regional and state championships held in the fall when the overwhelming majority of the other public schools in New York hold girls soccer season.

-Rob Hagy, Editor
Sports and the Law Report